Since 1983, over 5000 MD's have completed this course.  Of course,
Richard Schultz would like to believe that acupuncture is taught by
perhaps one instructor, to a very limited enrollment, and possibly
limited to Stanford University medical students.  This program has
trained about 200 licensed MD's per year for 25 years.  The truth is
not a pretty picture for him, but for the cause of medical science, it
is absolutely gorgeous.

As any educated person would expect, it is duly accreditted, but
obviously not by the AMA, as they have no accreditation authority.
The Office of Continuing Medical Education, David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA is accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education
for physicians.

I've included the just the first paragraph, then the course content, &
then goals.  Check out the website to see the entire event
description.

http://www.cme.ucla.edu/courses/event-description?event_id=122952

Acupuncture Today

Acupuncture today has become a highly respected and popular modality
of medical treatment in the United States.

(My note:  Richard, don't you just love that intro?)

The growing acceptance by physicians and patients is in large part due
to the successful work of graduates of the HMI/UCLA Medical
Acupuncture for Physicians program.   This course is the most
convenient and reliable training program for busy physicians to
acquire acupuncture clinical skills. 5,000 physicians have completed
the program, which has been taught regularly since 1983 through the
Office of Continuing Medical Education, David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA. It is a comprehensive program, and has earned the
reputation of conscientiously accomplishing its goal of creating
clinically competent physician acupuncturists who can integrate
acupuncture with conventional medicine.

<snip for brevity>

Course Content

Basic science foundations of acupuncture

(My note: Ummmm, science!)

Clinical science levels of evidence

(My note: Well, obviously, they keep teaching it for a reason)

Fundamentals of traditional acupuncture theory
Hybrid contemporary model of acupuncture
Channel and point function, location, and palpation
Integrated approaches to diagnosis and therapy
Needling technique
Patient management
Practice building and billing

<snip>

Goals

If you participate conscientiously in all aspects of the training,
this medical acupuncture program will enable you to:

Apply this skill when addressing everyday musculoskeletal and headache
pain problems in your practice, and thereby reduce exclusive reliance
on pharmaceuticals;

Use the acupuncture diagnostic model to interpret premorbid and stress-
related problems that typically escape explanation, that is, address
the "worried well" issues in your patients;

Use acupuncture as an early intervention tool in managing chronic pain
patients, as primary treatment or in collaboration with medications
and other interventions;

Treat functional and organic problems with acupuncture as either the
unique approach or as a complement to conventional therapy;

Relate on a more intimate, interactive, and practical level with your
patients, and thus allow you to enjoy anew your practice of medicine;

Step out of managed care constraints by matching your FP or PM&R
income;

Fulfill your sense of creative physicianship;

Participate in the national and international society of physician
acupuncturists